RODRÍGUEZ-REYES v. MOLINA-RODRÍGUEZ

No. 12-1647.

711 F.3d 49 (2013)

Karen RODRÍGUEZ-REYES et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Carlos M. MOLINA-RODRÍGUEZ et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 22, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johanna M. Emmanuelli Huertas , with whom Pedro E. Ortiz Álvarez, LLC was on brief, for appellants.

Susana I. Peñagarícano-Brown , Assistant Solicitor General, with whom Luis R. Román-Negrón , Solicitor General, was on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, SELYA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

We confront today a script that has become all too familiar in Puerto Rico: employees of a government agency decry as political discrimination adverse employment actions taken in the wake of an election that produced a regime change. The court below ruled, among other things, that the complaint failed to state a claim for relief because it did not assert facts sufficient to establish a prima facie case of political discrimination.

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